HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY! I have to wonder if there is anyone in Ireland who follows Bozo. Foxo Reardon’s paternal grandfather and grandmother both came from Cork, Ireland. Charles Reardon came over as a 10 year old lad. He joined the Union army at age 19 in July 1861 and fought with Company “A” 71th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment in all the major battles in the East during his three year enlistment. There were approx. 2,200 men in that regiment when he joined, but it was reduced to only 153 after the Battle of Cold Harbor. His name is on the ten foot granite monument to the 71th on the Gettysburg Battlefield. Ironically, my mother’s grandfather was the only Confederate soldier from Cold Harbor, that property owned by his father. So my two great-grandfathers fought against each other at Cold Harbor. And Foxo Reardon was born and raised in the Capital of the Confederacy: Richmond, Virginia. Happy St. Patrick’s Day to the Irish over there and over here in the U.S.A. and to all who celebrate the Feast.
HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY! I have to wonder if there is anyone in Ireland who follows Bozo. Foxo Reardon’s paternal grandfather and grandmother both came from Cork, Ireland. Charles Reardon came over as a 10 year old lad. He joined the Union army at age 19 in July 1861 and fought with Company “A” 71th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment in all the major battles in the East during his three year enlistment. There were approx. 2,200 men in that regiment when he joined, but it was reduced to only 153 after the Battle of Cold Harbor. His name is on the ten foot granite monument to the 71th on the Gettysburg Battlefield. Ironically, my mother’s grandfather was the only Confederate soldier from Cold Harbor, that property owned by his father. So my two great-grandfathers fought against each other at Cold Harbor. And Foxo Reardon was born and raised in the Capital of the Confederacy: Richmond, Virginia. Happy St. Patrick’s Day to the Irish over there and over here in the U.S.A. and to all who celebrate the Feast.